repudiation

repudiation
n
1. rejection, disavowal, renunciation, renouncement, (usu. under oath) abjuration, disclaimer, disclamation; recantation, retraction, recall; tergiversation, defection, apostasy; denial, contradiction, gainsay.
2. nullification, annulment, voidance, cancellation, Law. defeasance; abrogation, rescission, rescindment, revocation, veto, repeal; countermand, quashing, setting aside, dismissal, overturn, reversal, Law. disaf-firmation; abolition, dissolution.
3. discarding, disowning, rejection, disinheriting; ignoring, disregarding, slighting, slight, neglecting, neglect; dishonoring, disobeying, violation, transgression, evasion.
4. disapproval, disagreement, dissent, demur, de-murral; protest, objection, opposition, contravention; refutation, disproof, confutation; condemnation, disapprobation, denunciation.

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  • répudiation — [ repydjasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1342; lat. repudiatio 1 ♦ Action de répudier (qqn). 2 ♦ Fig. Action de rejeter (un sentiment, une opinion, etc.); son résultat. ⇒ 2. rejet. « Sa conduite dans cette occasion parut la répudiation de ses principes » (… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • repudiation — re·pu·di·a·tion /ri ˌpyü dē ā shən/ n: the rejection or renunciation of a duty or obligation (as under a contract); esp: anticipatory repudiation ◇ A party aggrieved by a repudiation may consider a repudiated contract to have been breached and… …   Law dictionary

  • Repudiation — Re*pu di*a tion ( [hand] sh?n), n. [Cf.F. r[ e]pudiation, L. repudiatio.] The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Repudiation — Re*pu di*a tion, n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • repudiation — Repudiation. s. f. v. Action de repudier. La repudiation a esté long temps en usage dans l ancienne Rome …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Repudiation — (v. lat.), 1) Verschmähung, Ausschlagung, Zurückweisung; 2) Verstoßung; 3) die Erklärung einiger nordamerikanischer Staaten, weder die Staatsschulden noch Zinsen bezahlen zu wollen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Repudĭation — (Repudium, lat.), »Verwerfung«, Auflösung einer Verbindung (z. B. einer Ehe); Ablehnung, Ausschlagung, namentlich eines Vermächtnisses. In Nordamerika versteht man unter R. die Weigerung eines Staates, eine von ihm kontrahierte Schuld zu bezahlen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Repudiation — Repudiatiōn, Repudĭum (lat.), Abweisung, Ausschlagen, z. B. eines Vermächtnisses; in den Ver. Staaten von Amerika (in Virginia Readjustment genannt), die Nichtzahlung einer gültig kontrahierten Schuld samt Zinsen seitens eines Staates oder einer… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • repudiation — 1540s, “divorce” (of a woman by a man), from L. repudiationem, noun of action from repudiare (see REPUDIATE (Cf. repudiate)). Meaning “action of disowning” is from 1840s …   Etymology dictionary

  • répudiation — (ré pu di a sion ; en vers, de six syllabes) s. f. 1°   Action de répudier. Répudiation de succession. 2°   Action de renvoyer légalement une épouse. •   Selon le témoignage de ce grave auteur [Castelnau], la répudiation [de Catherine d Aragon… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • repudiation — A rejection, disclaimer, or renunciation of a contract before performance is due that does not operate as an anticipatory breach unless the promisee elects to treat the rejection as a breach and brings a suit for damages. The rejection or refusal …   Black's law dictionary

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